Cyano or Coralline algae?

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Been out of reefing for about a year.
Tank is about 12 days old, is this cyano or coralline? It blows off the rocks and sand bed with ease. So I'm guessing cyano?

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Its red slime algae, similar to cyano as it too is a bacteria but is closer in behavior to diatoms. With a 12 days tank, your nitrates and phosphates should not be elevated enough to create cyano unless you are using tap water or similar.
 
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Its red slime algae, similar to cyano as it too is a bacteria but is closer in behavior to diatoms. With a 12 days tank, your nitrates and phosphates should not be elevated enough to create cyano unless you are using tap water or similar.
I started out with tap water and use distilled water to do top offs.
I cycled the tank with Fritz turbostart dead shrimp and live sand with a old sponge filter (then took it out for the intake basket fluval 13.5) I had from my last tank before I went to BCT. I know my nitrates might be a little high I dont know about my phosphates though. Going to do a water change tomorrow after work.
Have a KessilA80, no controller though. I don't leave it on for that long 4hrs maybe. No point of leaving it on for long if the only thing thats in there is GSP
 
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I started out with tap water and use distilled water to do top offs.
I cycled the tank with Fritz turbostart dead shrimp and live sand with a old sponge filter (then took it out for the intake basket fluval 13.5) I had from my last tank before I went to BCT. I know my nitrates might be a little high I dont know about my phosphates though. Going to do a water change tomorrow after work.
Have a KessilA80, no controller though. I don't leave it on for that long 4hrs maybe. No point of leaving it on for long if the only thing thats in there is GSP
tap water will explain it
 

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